澳大利亚和联合王国重新开始防御会谈,重点是在澳大利亚UKUS下开展核潜艇合作。 Australia and the UK restart defence talks, focusing on nuclear submarine collaboration under AUKUS.

澳大利亚国防工业部长帕特·康罗伊(Pat Conroy)正在访问英国,参加2018年以来首次澳大利亚-联合王国国防工业对话,按照2025年达成的协议重新开始正式谈判。 Australia’s Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy is visiting the UK for the first Australia-UK defence industry dialogue since 2018, restarting formal talks as agreed in 2025. 他会见了英国大臣卢克·波拉德,并参观了建造SSN-AUKUS核动力潜艇的设施,这是澳大利亚与美国达成的安全条约的一部分。 He met with UK Minister Luke Pollard and toured facilities building the SSN-AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines, part of the AUKUS security pact with the US. 根据该协议,澳大利亚将首先从美国获取核动力潜艇,同时合作开发一个新的舱位。 Under the agreement, Australia will initially acquire nuclear-powered submarines from the US while developing a new class collaboratively. 这次访问的重点是加强国防工业合作,特别是建设澳大利亚国内有核专门知识的劳动力队伍,以便操作和维修这些船只。 The visit focuses on strengthening defence industrial cooperation, particularly in building Australia’s domestic workforce with nuclear expertise for operating and maintaining these vessels.